Press releases News                                             ©2000  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0 for FileMaker Pro   Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, February 23, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on both on Mac OS and Windows. This plug-in gives FileMaker Pro easy and powerful access to one (or more) of the computer's serial ports and works completely cross platform. The plug-in can read from and write to the serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker without the need of a separate application. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "Based on user feedback we've included an extra Caller ID example database and a brand new ToASCII function. This makes starting with the plug-in even easier". Suggested Use Suggested uses for this plug-in are connecting to a modem, custom switchboard dialing, caller ID, credit card swiping, controlling external devices, data acquisition and data transfer. Key features of the Serial Plug-in Support for high speed connections up to 230 kbps. Unlimited number of serial ports can be opened. Buffering of data up to 64k per port. Dispatch Scripting(tm) can trigger a script for data entry into database. Clear sample databases and a user manual to get started quickly. Changes and new features in this version Added ToASCII function, which takes one or more numbers and converts them to their equivalent ASCII characters. Added a database demonstrating Caller ID. Added a database of error codes for identifying possible error codes returned from the operating system. Fixed a bug on Mac OS machines, which caused parameters to parse incorrectly. For example settings parameters like "-baud=1200" would not to be interpreted right, causing the plug-in to default to 9600 baud. We invite you to test drive this version and would like to hear what _you_ can do with it! A fully functional version is available for downloading at Troi's Web site. The plug-in works with all types of serial ports including those added through an extension card. This plug-in runs on any machine that is able to run FileMaker Pro 4.0 or later. You can also license it to include the plug-in with runtimes of the 4.0 Developer edition version. Pricing & Availability A fully functional try-before-you-buy version is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html>. Troi Serial Plug-in is available for Mac OS and Windows95/98 and NT and costs $65 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses via our web site. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker plug-ins, databases and utilities. For more information, visit our Web site at:<http://www.troi.com/>.       Contact   Peter Baanen, Troi Automatisering Vuurlaan 18 2408 NB Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands Telephone: +31-172-426606, Fax: +31-172-470539
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